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High intake of palatable food predicts binge-eating independent of susceptibility to obesity: an animal model of lean vs obese binge-eating and obesity with and without binge-eating.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Sept 2007
Boggiano M M, Artiga A I, Pritchett C E, Chandler-Laney P C, Smith M L, Eldridge A J
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the stability of individual differences in non-nutritive 'junk' palatable food (PF) intake in rats; assess the relationship of these differences to binge-eating characteristics and susceptibility to obesity; and evaluate the practicality of using these differences to model binge-eating and obesity. DESIGN: Binge-eating prone (BEP) and resistant (BER) groups were identified. Differential...
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